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Izzy K., 17, Camp Louise Camp is really the only place where I celebrate Shabbat. I am Jewish, but not the most religious. So coming to camp and seeing Shabbat was a shock to me at first. But as the years went by, I wasn’t as shocked and weirded out, and I...

Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg recounted the story of a young woman whose mother took her own life. “Not long after, a rabbi and a psychologist came to her. They told the woman, ‘Tell people your mother died in an accident,'” he said. “But that response in no...

While fostering strong relations with all of the faith movements in town since its inception, GBMC HealthCare has enjoyed a particularly long and fruitful history with the local Jewish community. “Judaism has been an integral part of GBMC since it was founded in...

For Jacob L. Witlin, becoming an Eagle Scout meant much more than simply the prestige or honor of accomplishing such a lofty goal. “Becoming an Eagle Scout is taking advantage of everything that Scouting has to offer and exemplifying all of those positive things, and...

Find out what’s in your genes. On July 12, from 5-8 p.m., the Atlanta-based organization JScreen will conduct a genetic screening event at the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. The screening is for more than 200 genetic disorders – such as...

By Simone Ellin and Aliza Friedlander Jews are famously known as the “People of the Book.” Perhaps that explains in part why so many of Baltimore’s leading institutions of higher learning have Jews at the helm. But like so many other institutions in American society,...

Kenneth R. Feinberg says people often ask him what he considers to be the toughest part of his job. A Washington, D.C.-based attorney and mediation specialist, Feinberg, 72, has worked on numerous high-profile compensation cases, including those involving 9/11...

This week, the world was stunned by the high-profile suicides of a pair of American pop culture icons: celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, 61, and fashion designer and businesswoman Kate Spade, 55. Suicide is a national epidemic that cuts across all ethnic,...

At the Jewish National Fund’s Major Donors Reception on May 31, Lior Raz, co-creator and star of the critically-acclaimed “Fauda,” offered an insider’s perspective into the creation of the hit Israeli TV political thriller that airs in more than 100 countries. Raz, a...

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding, the Baltimore Israel Coalition recently asked local middle and high school students to write essays exploring what they consider to be Israel’s greatest contribution to the world over the past seven decades. The...

The SNF Parkway Theatre in Baltimore hosts a special screening of new Brooklyn, N.Y., documentary “93Queen.” “93Queen” is set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, where EMS corps have long been the province[...]

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UMD president Wallace Loh: "We will do everything possible so that the situation that Jordan McNair found himself in will never happen again. If we succeed, as I surely hope and expect that we will, we will always keep alive the legacy of Jordan McNair." https://t.co/VqdsH0y99e